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Ibis beaks have special ability to detect vibrations, study has found
The ibis has a special ability to find food underground by detecting vibrations with their beak – a skill they inherited from their dinosaur ancestors, according to a new study.
The birds use cells hidden inside their beaks to pick up vibrations from the soil or sand that is their traditional hunting ground.
Tiny cavities that would have housed those cells have also been found in non-probing birds like ostriches and emus, suggesting they also inherited the trait from common prehistoric ancestors that possessed the “superpower”,…
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